EuroMed Newsletter Issue 002 - October 2010 If you have any news you would like to have included in our next issue please submit details to editor. Table of Contents Editor’s Note 3 Presidents’ Corner 4 The Annual EuroMed Conference 6 Call for Conference Venue 9 The EuroMed Journal of Business Submission and Tracking goes Online 10 Call for Papers 11 Latest News 12 Miscellaneous 15 EuroMed Newsletter ISSN 1986-2253 Published by EuroMed Press 2 Editor’s Note I am delighted to welcome you to the second issue of the EuroMed Newsletter! The EuroMed Newsletter contains the latest news taken place among the EMRBI community. This issue also introduces the notable keynote speakers of the Annual EuroMed Conference, hosted by the University of Nicosia, November 4-5 2010, Nicosia-Cyprus. Moreover, the EuroMed Newsletter communicates the most recent developments foster by the EMRBI. 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Ruth Rios-Morales Editor: Ruth Rios-Morales (PhD), EMRBI - Country Director for Switzerland & Deputy Director of Research at Les Roches-Gruyère, University of Applied Sciences, CH 1630 Bulle, Switzerland Tel. 00 41 26 919 78 78 Fax 00 41 26 919 78 79, Email: [email protected] 3 Prof. Demetris Vrontis Prof. Yaavok Weber Dear members and associates, rd In addition, in our aim to make your participation to We are approaching to the date of having our 3 the EuroMed Conference more productive, we have Annual Conference, with first one organized in managed to secure a number of journal guest editions Marseilles, France and the second one in Salerno, Italy. for the publication of the best conference papers. Thisyear,theconferenceishostedbytheUniversityof Nicosia in Cyprus and will take place at Hilton Park Thesearethefollowing: Hotel during the 4th and 5th of November, followed by a day excursion on the 6th. The conference Chairs are 1. EuroMed Journal of Business - EMRBI's official Dr Alkis Thrassou, Dr Ioanna Papasolomou and Dr Journal Yioula Melantiou. The Leader of the Organizing 2. Cross Cultural Management: An International Committee is Ms Yianna Orphanidou and the Journal Conference Coordinator is Ms Yiola Michael. 3. International Journal of Organizational Analysis We have received up to now more than 150 4. European Journal of Innovation Management registrations from about 45 different countries and this 5. International Journal of Bank Marketing number is increasing every day. We have managed to 6. Qualitative Market Research - An International secure Key Note speeches from top tier Academics Journal and Practitioners from the region. The President of the 7. Journal of Global Responsibility Republic of Cyprus and the President of the Parliament 8. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology are also invited to address the conference (their confirmations is still pending) together with the Mayor 9. International Journal of Technology Marketing of Nicosia and the Presidents of Cyprus Chamber of 10. Global Business and Economics Review Commerce and Industry who have already confirmed 11. MIBES TRANSACTIONS International journal their participation. More information about other 12. World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management important invited guest (from Cyprus, Israel, Palestine, and Sustainable Development Turkey and US) is provided in this newsletter. 13. Organizations and Markets in Emerging Also, we are glad to inform you that we have secured Economies an ISBN number for the Book (ISBN 978-9963-634- 14. Journal of Transnational Management 83-5) of the proceedings entitled Business 15. International Journal of Online Marketing Developments across Countries and Cultures. 4 Further, during the conference, we will give you the . Exploration of new opportunities for opportunity to meet with the Editors of many of the international business consulting; above journals, who will in turn present to you their . Co-organization of international conferences, seminars and executive workshops; journal and related developments and opportunities. Opportunity for the involvement in any of the We are also very glad to provide annual Institute’s own committees which are designed complimentary membership to all registered authors to encourage debate and disseminate ideas on and co-authors to the EuroMed Academy of research and teaching, and simultaneously promoting individual/group research interests Business. This membership includes a number of and ideas (e.g. Research Interest Committees, benefits including: Teaching and Practitioners committees); . Access to a strong network of distinguished . Priority in leading the Institute’s efforts in your universities, organisations and individuals country by being appointed as Country Director (academics, researchers and professionals) of or been elected as a Chair of any one of the verified high standard, experience and caliber in Institute’s committees; their corresponding fields; . Free subscription to the EuroMed Journal of . Collaboration with the EuroMed Research Business with electronic and/or hard copy Centre for the submission of proposals for access; funding to authorities, both at a national and . Free issues of the EuroMed Newsletter, international level; published twice a year. Access to and utilisation of EMRBI’s infrastructure to promote research and teaching excellence; Looking forward to seeing you again at the 3rd . Utilisation of EMRBI's experience and Annual EuroMed Conference in Cyprus. infrastructure in organising workshops, in- house seminars, consulting and training Best regards, programs; Professor Demetris Vrontis (PhD) Professor Yaavok Weber (PhD) President, EuroMed Research Business Institute President, EuroMed Research Business Institute Editor, EuroMed Journal of Business Chair, Strategy and Enterprise School of Business Administration Dean, School of Business, University of Nicosia College of Management Rishon, Lezion Israel 5 The Annual EuroMed Conference _____________________________ Addressing the Conference Mr Charilaos G. Stavrakis Minister of Finance Republic of Cyprus Mr. Charilaos G. Stavrakis was appointed Minister of Finance on 29 February 2008. He was born in 1956. He studied Economics at the University of Cambridge from where he graduatedin1979withDouble-FirstClassHonours. He holds an MBA from Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration. In 1988, he became a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (ACIB). Mr. Stavrakis has had more than 20 years experience in the banking sector. In 1989 he undertook a two-month consulting position in the World Bank. At the Bank of Cyprus he held various positions including the position of Head of Strategic Planning and Business Development and Senior Manager of Treasury and International Services. In the period 1998 to 2004 he served as Group General Manager International Banking. As from June 2003 until 2008 he was also the General Manager of the Cyprus Investment & Securities Corporation Limited (CISCO), the investment banking arm of the Group. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Oil Refinery. He has also been a member of the Board of the Bank of Cyprus Australia, the Bank of Cyprus (Channel Islands) Ltd., the Bank of Cyprus (AEDAK), the Bank of Cyprus Mutual Funds Ltd and BOC Ventures Ltd. On 1 January 2005 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer - Cyprus and Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer with additional duties the management of the subsidiary companies of the Group: Bank of Cyprus Factors, Bank of Cyprus Finance Corporation, Eurolife, General Insurance of Cyprus, the Cyprus Investment and Securities Corporation Ltd. (CISCO), BOC Mutual Funds Ltd., and Bank of Cyprus UK and the setting up of banks in Russia and Ukraine. In June 2005 he was appointed Chairman of the Electricity Authority Cyprus Board of Directors. In August 2005 he was elected Chairman of the Cyprus Bankers Employers Association and he was reelected in June 2006 for another year. Mr. Stavrakis served in the afore-mentioned posts until his appointment as Minister of Finance on the 29th of February, 2008. 6 The Annual EuroMed Conference _____________________________ Academic Key Note Speaker Professor Haim Levy Hebrew University of Jerusalem We are delighted to announce that our Academic Keynote speaker in the 3rd Annual conference of the EuroMed Academy of Busines is Prof. Haim Levy. Professor Levi is Miles Robinson Professor of Business Administration at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor Levy was ranked high in Nobels’ list in Economic and Ranked as the most prolific researcher in Finance in the World, based on publications in 16 core journals in Finance. Prof. Levy has also ranked as the most cited in Richard Brealy and Helen Edwards, A Bibliography of Finance Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press 1991 (cited in JournalofFinance, June 1991). He is among the top 100 researchers ranked by their citations in JF, JFQA, and and JFE during the period 1974-1998 (out of 12,637 researchers who have published in these Journals). He has co-authored papers with two Nobel Prize winners in Economics (H. Markowitz and P. Samuelson).